RIC VI, TICINUM [before 55a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SACRAMONETAVGGETCAESSNOSTR [SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR]; Moneta stg. l., r. holding scales, l, cornucopiae. Dot in right field. ST in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Sutherland mentions this issue in footnote 1 on p. 288: "Rare coins exist for Diocletian as Augustus and Constantius as Caesar in the group: cf. N.C. 1955, pp. 68, 72 [...] and N.C. 1956, pl. 15, 4 [...]. Regarded erroneously by Carson-Kent (N.C. 1956, p. 107) as 'probably no more than a variant' for P, ST•, these marks are certainly transitional, anticipating the first marks of the Second Tetrarchy immediately before the abdication - possibly unexpected (cf. N.C. 1955, p. 72, n. 11) - of Diocletian and Maximian was announced". But Sutherland was aware only of one coin for Diocletian from officina P and one for Constantius from officina S. The full issue was described by Aleksander Jeločnik (see: Jeločnik, A., "La dernière émission des folles de la première tétrarchie de l'atelier de Ticinum", Revue numismatique 1965, pp. 236-240). Coin should be listed before TICINUM 55a. See also: TICINUM [before 55a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA P TICINUM [before 55a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA S TICINUM [before 55a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE TICINUM [before 55a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA P TICINUM [before 55a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA S TICINUM [before 55a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA T

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Weight 9.76 g; diameter 25.7-27.6 mm. In private collection. Other specimens: - from Jeločnik's paper cited above (p. 239, no. 5); possibly from the same dies; weight 7.94 g [click for picture].